Diagnostics and upkeep
6.1 Diagnostics options
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Operating Instructions, 02/2018, C79000-G8976-C385-03
"Diagnostics" group
The diagnostics pages are divided into the following groups:
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General
This group displays general information on the module.
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Diagnostic status
This group displays status information of the module from the view of the CPU.
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Device-specific events
Information on internal module events is displayed here.
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Ethernet interface
Address and statistical information
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Industrial Remote Communication
The group has the following diagnostics pages:
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Partner
Information about the address settings of the partner, connection statistics,
configuration data of the partner and other diagnostics information.
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Data point list
Various information on the data points such as configuration data, value, connection
status etc.
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Protocol diagnostics
With the button "Enable protocol trace", the frames received and sent by the module
are logged for several seconds.
With the function "Disable protocol trace", the logging is stopped and the data is
written to a log file.
With the function "Save", you can save the log file on the engineering station and then
analyze it.
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Time of day
Information on the time on the device
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Security
The group has the following diagnostics pages:
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Status
This diagnostics page displays the most important security settings, the time of day,
and data relating to the configuration.
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System log
You can start logging system entries on this diagnostics page if a connection to a
SCALANCE S module is established. You can save the entries.